Located at 356 4th Street NW, the city of Barberton was a big part of the large rubber manufacturing area in and around nearby Akron.

[4] The depot was constructed by Ohio Columbus Barber, the founder of the community which forked from New Portage Township and was designated a Type IV structure by the Erie Railroad in the Valuation Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft made whistle-stop tours visiting the Erie Depot while they were campaigning for office.

In 1921, at the death of Warren G. Harding, the funeral cortege stopped in Barberton at the Erie Depot so that mourners could view the casket.

[6] On February 3, 1896, Anna Laura Barber married Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan at the Barberton Inn.

"Moby Dick is Coming to Town", large ads in the local paper invited Barbertonians to view the 68 ton whale on exhibit at the Erie Depot.

Captain Jonathan Barnett accompanied the exhibit and regaled the public with talk of whale lore.

The convoy was crossing Fairview Avenue when an eastbound Erie passenger train traveling about 60 miles per hour struck the second tank.

In late 2012, it began a fund-raising campaign to acquire the depot and restore it as a visitors center and office for the historical society's use.